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                            Word Jazz

                            Edgewater’s Ken Nordine Mansion Gets Preliminary Landmark Status Over Owner’s Objections

                            The family of late jazz poet Ken Nordine is seeking to demolish his former mansion, but the city stopped those efforts.

                            Uptown, Edgewater, Rogers Park
                            Joe Ward

                            Edgewater Mansion, Home To Late ‘Word Jazz’ Poet Ken Nordine, At Heart Of Preservation Fight

                            Preservationists are working to save the mansion that is listed for sale as a redevelopment opportunity.

                            Uptown, Edgewater, Rogers Park
                            Joe Ward